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"Baby landlord" schtick works better as "baby preggers TV star" [Internets]

Hi! I'm Nick Douglas, Gawker's foreign correspondent from the Internet. Basically, if I'd been here earlier, you'd have known about LOLcats before your receptionist did. Let's start with something...

Started in Gawker • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: clips, internets, jamie lynn spears
The celebrity storyline: you choose! [Us Weekly]

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are not engaged, Us Weekly reports in a confessional apology for getting the story wrong (twice). They’re getting good at confirming stories, especially when the stories...

Started in Gawker • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: celebrity weeklies, gossip, jezebel, media, us weekly
A hymn for the asshole YouTube commenter [Internets]

Commenters on the internet are all tools. But there's a hierarchy of negative commenters: Gawker commenters are literate bastards, nerds on Digg are less eloquent but still native speakers, and...

Started in Gawker • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: clips, internets, valleywag, youtube
Julia Allison Has Come [Q&A]

That's right, as we mentioned earlier, Julia Allison has generously agreed to answer your questions:Live Blogging With Julia Allison

Started in Gawker • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: adventures in live blogging, julia allison, q&a
Freelancers Union Health Benefits SNAFU Has Members Fuming [Evil Nonprofits]

What's this? Members of the Freelancers Union are up in arms over badly-executed changes to their health insurance benefits! Oh, the irony! On November 30, the union, which says it "represents the...

Started in Gawker • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: benefits, evil nonprofits, freelancers, freelancers union, permalancers
No Picket Line To Cross At Ed Sullivan Theater [Scenes From The Struggle]

Happy return of the Late Night talk shows day! Tonight, our long national vaguely annoying situation preceding the nightmares is over. Letterman, Conan, Leno, and the Scottish guy are all taping new...

Started in Gawker • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: david letterman, labor relations, photos, scenes from the struggle, tv
AOL's "human computer" may be scrapped [Blood In The Boardroom]

Jeffrey Bewkes begins work today as chief executive of Time Warner, the world's biggest old-school media conglomerate. One person who won't be celebrating Bewkes' ascension is Ron Grant, who runs...

Started in Gawker • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: aol, blood in the boardroom, jeffrey bewkes, ron grant, valleywag
Freelancers Union Is 'Inconvenient Mess Of An Organization' Says One Member [Evil Nonprofits]

The Freelancers Union is telling its irate members today that enrollment forms for new health plans were sent to their new provider on Monday and that all of its members should have ID numbers by...

Started in Gawker • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: benefits, communication, evil nonprofits, freelancers union, hr
Julia Allison To Answer Readers' Questions Right Here [Q&A]

Though she hardly needs an introduction on these pages, we'll give her one anyway because she is being kind (and ballsy) enough to throw herself to the wolves. An Editor-at-Large for Star magazine,...

Started in Gawker • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: be nice, now, bravery, julia allison, q&a
Everyone say happy birthday to your favorite ... [Happy Birthday]

Everyone say happy birthday to your favorite contempt-of-court correspondent! Judith Miller is 59 today. Girlfriend looks pretty good for being that close to collecting Social Security, but it's...

Started in Gawker • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: happy birthday, helen thomas, judith miller